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Question from Ann J.: Hi Rick. I love your tips!! I have a question, and I just know you can answer it. I bought a new computer and for the life of me I cannot find the Notepad program! I use it all the time, but I can’t figure out how to load it in Windows 8.
Can you help me find my Notepad? LOL! Thanks Rick!
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Have you ever made a serious typo in one of your Facebook posts and wished you could edit the post to fix it? We all have of course, but until now all we could do was delete the post altogether and then re-post that awesome nugget of info that we wanted to share with the world.
Well, as of this week Facebook now gives us the ability to edit a post without having to delete and re-post it from scratch. Here’s how: [Read more…]
Social media sites are notorious for the numerous scams that make their way among their users, but a new one that’s currently making the rounds on Facebook and Twitter takes the proverbial cake.
This scam is being distributed in the form of an official looking, but fake Apple ad which falsely claims that your iPhone will become waterproof if you upgrade it to iOS 7. Yep, you read that correctly. The “ad” claims that a simple operating system upgrade can defy the laws of physics and prevent water from seeping into your iPhone’s case.
Apple is one of the Internet’s most popular targets for scammers and pranksters, probably because there are so many Apple devices in use today. Most every household contains at least one or two of them.
If you haven’t seen the fake ad yet, here it is: [Read more…]
Google Drive is a fantastic service that effectively gives you extra hard drive storage that’s located in the cloud. This allows you to access your most frequently used files from any PC or mobile device that has access to the Internet.
By default the Google Drive folder is located on your Windows Desktop, but you can easily add it to the list of drives in Windows Explorer. Just follow these simple instructions: [Read more…]
Have you ever received calls or texts from someone that you’d rather not hear from? That’s a rhetorical question of course because we all have, and it can get old in a hurry when the annoying calls and/or texts just keep on coming in.
There are a number of ways to block numbers from calling or texting us on our smart phones, but if you have an iPhone running iOS 7 it’s very easy. And best of all, there are no apps to download or a bunch of hoops to jump through.
Here’s how to block a number on iOS 7: [Read more…]